Archive for the ‘Health and Safety’
Terrorist Attacks Kill 8 in Northwestern China
Beijing, China (August 10,2008) — A series of bomb attacks has rocked the Northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang. News reports from China’s state-run Xinhua service indicated that 8 people were killed in the most recent attack on Sunday, August 10. The early morning assault involved an attack against police and government buildings using [...]
Security Advisory for Beijing 2008 Olympics
The Chinese government faces a paradox on the eve of the commencement of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing: it needs to project a friendly image of openness to Western visitors and journalists, while maintaining tight security in one of the most challenging environments faced by any government. The Olympics is one of the [...]
Beijing Air Quality Remains Poor
The Chinese government has vowed the Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, not the murky “sauna” haze that has shrouded the city recently, but even on apparently clear days pollution levels may not be safe for athletes.
Officials lavished 120 billion yuan ($17.6 billion) on cleaning up the capital with factories dozens of miles [...]
